This position is located in the Department of Health and Human Services, National Center for Environmental Health, headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia. This announcement will close at 11:59 PM, on the day that 100 applications have been received or on the closing date, whichever is first.
WHAT YOU'LL BE DOING DAY TO DAY As a Health Physicist, you will be: Serve as an expert on radiological assessment, environmental and medical radiation dosimetry, and other related nuclear/radiological issues, provides expert scientific leadership in planning, designing, implementing, and evaluating radiation studies involving exposure pathway analysis, source term estimation, and radiation dosimetry, including serving as project officer / scientific advisor and, when necessary, team leader on assigned intramural research projects or projects supported by interagency agreements, cooperative agreements, contracts, and grants.
Provide technical assistance to federal, state, and local agencies, as well as members of the general public, for activities related to the responsibilities of the Radiation Studies Program.
Participate in the design, development, and maintenance of mathematical models of human biokinetics and physiology for analysis of radiation dose In coordination with other Radiation Studies Program staff, and in collaboration with other federal and state agencies, contractors, and consultants, estimates to people, including development of detailed design criteria for biological models needed by the radiation studies program.
Serve on interagency work groups and committees, to include the Advisory Team for Environment, Food, and Health, and the Nuclear/Radiological Incident Task Force (NRITF).
Foreign Education: If you are using education completed in foreign colleges or universities to meet the qualification requirements, you must show that the education credentials have been evaluated by a private organization that specializes in interpretation of foreign education programs and such education has been deemed equivalent to that gained in an accredited U.S. education program; or full credit has been given for the courses at a U.S. accredited college or university.
For further information, visit: http://www.ed.gov. Note: Applications can be accepted from students who expect to complete qualifying education within 9 months from the date of application. Education was completed successfully before the applicant can be appointed.
This position is with Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Department of Health and Human Services.
The posted pay range is $112556 – $146325/yr.
This position is eligible for telework.
This position requires a Other security clearance.
Applications close on 2026-11-04.
This position is open under the 'Fed Transition' hiring path.
Source: USAJOBS.gov — U.S. Federal Government · Retrieved 2026-10-22 · Not affiliated with or endorsed by OPM or USAJOBS.gov
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